Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners

In "Practice to Deceive", Joseph Rosenblum brings to life nine infamous literary forgers and their incredible stories. Each story explores the cunning, skill, and technique of a forger while delving into his personality and motives."Pratice to Deceive" offers a unique window into the world and mind of the literary forger. What compulsion drove these men to risk their good name, their profession, and, for some, their freedom? What triggered their will to create spurious literature and their audacity to swindle or dupe unsuspecting buyers?The sheer gall of these literary rogues and the gullibility of the so-called "experts" and collectors are truly incredible. Most of these colorful scoundrels met their match among literature's great defenders and were ultimately discovered and exposed. Curiously, the forgers often planted the seeds of their own exposure -- usually through technical carelessness, disdain for credibility, or simple vanity.In "Practice to Deceive", as with medieval passion plays and American Western dramas, truth and reason win out in the end.Joseph Rosenblum is the author of 'Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary Forgery's Most Notorious Practitioners' with ISBN 9781584560104 and ISBN 158456010X.